Saturday, March 30, 2013

Here is a round-up of today's proverbs and fables - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm getting ready for what's going to be a summer of proverb adventures, shifting my focus to English-language proverbs. You can see what's going on over there at my new blog, The Proverb Laboratory, if you are interested.

VULGATE VERSES: Today's verse is Quasi a facie colubri, fuge peccata (Sirach 21:2). For a translation, check out the polyglot Bible, in English, Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at the Sacred Texts Archive online.

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Oportet remum ducere, qui didicit: He ought to helde the oore that hath learned it. That is to saye: Everye man must practise that science and facultie, that hath bene afore taught him. Let not the shomaker medle further then his shoes. Lette the ploughman talke of his plough.

POLYDORUS: Today's proverb from Polydorus is: Qui de terra est, de terra loquitur (English: He who is from the earth, speaks of the earth).

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Cyclobori vox (English: The sound of the Cycloborus; from Adagia 3.2.16 - The Cycloborus was a river in Greece, proverbial for its roaring and crashing water course; to make a sound like the Cycloborus was to make a very large noise indeed!).

MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Mus et Montes, the story of the rumbling mountains and the mouse that emerged.

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἄρκτου παρούσης ἴχνη ζητεῖς. Ursa praesente vestigia quaeris. Here's the bear, and you're looking for tracks.

AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Non curat numerum lupus (English: The wolf doesn't worry about the number). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS: Today's proverb from Publilius Syrus is: Ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris (English: You should expect from another what you have done to someone else).

ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Iupiter aquilam delegit (English: Jupiter has chosen the eagle - so the eagle was his special bird, as the peacock was Juno's bird, the owl was special to Minerva, etc.; from Adagia 4.2.89).

FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Canis et Umbra, the famous story of the dog fooled by his own shadow (this fable has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Ollae Duae, the story of the two pots - one made of clay, one made of metal.

Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: ἀνένεγκον αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν. Ibi offeres eum in holocaustum. Offer him there for a burnt offering.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Here is a round-up of today's proverbs and fables - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm getting ready for what's going to be a summer of proverb adventures and while I'm shifting some of my focus over to English-language proverbs, I also have a new Latin LOLCats series going (bilingual) and other materials at my new blog (including some Shakespearean LOLCats), The Proverb Laboratory, if you are interested.

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Taverner: Oportet remum ducere, qui didicit: He ought to helde the oore that hath learned it. That is to saye: Everye man must practise that science and facultie, that hath bene afore taught him. Let not the shomaker medle further then his shoes. Lette the ploughman talke of his plough.

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἐκ τῶν ὀνύχων τὸν λέοντα. Ex unguibus leonem. You know the lion by its claws.

ANIMAL PROVERBS: Today's animal proverb is Rana in paludem ex throno resilit auro (English: The frog leaps from the golden throne into the swamp - or, "you can take the frog out of the swamp, but you can't take the swamp out of the frog").

PROPER NAME PROVERBS: Today's proper name proverb from Erasmus is Lindii sacrum (English: A Lindian sacrifice; from Adagia 2.5.19 - Lindos is a village in Rhodes where the sacrifice in honor of Hercules involved abundant cursing and swearing, with a legend explaining that Hercules had grabbed an ox from a farmer's plough and eaten it whole, while the poor farmer stood by, cursing the hero; hence the proverb can stand for any extravagant verbal abuse).

FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Monachi et Abbates, a wonderful story about things that go from bad to worse (this fable has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Rusticus et Coluber, a warning about kindness to strangers, at least of the serpentine persuasion.

Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: ὁ κύριος εἶπεν τῷ Ιωβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους. Respondens Dominus Job de turbine dixit. Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind.

AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Sapientis est mutare consilium (English: It is for the wise person to change his mind). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

ERASMUS' ANIMALS: Today's animal proverb from Erasmus is Psaphonis aves (English: The birds of Psapho; from Adagia 1.2.100 - This refers to a man named Psapho who taught some birds to say "Great is the God Psapho!" and then released them into the wild; when people heard the birds, they started to worship a god named Psapho).

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἐκ λύκου στόματος. Ex lupi ore abstulisti. Out of the wolf's mouth.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Here is a round-up of today's proverbs and fables - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm getting ready for what's going to be a summer of proverb adventures and while I'm shifting some of my focus over to English-language proverbs, I also have a new Latin LOLCats series going (bilingual) and other materials at my new blog, The Proverb Laboratory, if you are interested.

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Omnium rerum vicissitudo est: The worlde chaungeth every daye, every thing hath his course. It ys a proverbe by the which ys signified that yn this worlde ys nothinge stable permanent nor durable, but lyke as the sea doth contynuallye flowe and ebbe, so do all thinges yn this world dayly chaunge, nowe up, nowe down, nowe mery, nowe sadde, nowe frynde, now foe, nowe accepted and anon out of favoure.

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἄλλοτε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρα, ἄλλοτε μήτηρ. Ipsa dies quandoque parens, quandoque noverca. Sometimes the day is your mother, sometimes your stepmother.

AUDIO PROVERBS: Today's audio Latin proverb is Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae (English: There is no great talent without an admixture of madness). To read a brief essay about this proverb and to listen to the audio, visit the Latin Via Proverbs blog.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Here is a round-up of today's proverbs and fables - and for previous posts, check out the Bestiaria Latina Blog archives. I'm getting ready for what's going to be a summer of proverb adventures and while I'm shifting some of my focus over to English-language proverbs, I also have a new Latin LOLCats series going (bilingual) and other materials at my new blog, The Proverb Laboratory, if you are interested.

3-WORD PROVERBS: Today's 3-word proverb is Fructu arbor cognoscitur (English: The tree is known by its fruit).

RHYMING PROVERBS: Today's proverb with rhyme is: Si lupus est agnum, non est mirabile magnum (English: If a wolf eats a lamb, it's no great surprise - and of course that's est as in eating, which is part of the joke!).

ELIZABETHAN PROVERBS: Here is today's proverb commentary, this time by Conybeare: Canis festinans caecos edit catulos: The hastie bitche bringeth forthe blind whealpes. The more haste the worsse spede. A proverbe applied to them which being hasty to set forthe there workes do make them unperfect.

GreekLOLz - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my GreekLOLz; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: Ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖς. Elephantem ex musca facis. You're making an elephant out of a fly. (Something like our English saying about making a mountain out of a molehill!)

FABULAE FACILES: The fable from the Fabulae Faciles widget is Graculus et Avarus, a wonderful story about a thieving bird and a miserly man (this fable has a vocabulary list).

MILLE FABULAE: The fable from the Mille Fabulae et Una widget is Asinus et Tympana , the sad story of the donkey who can't get a break, even after he is dead.

Greek Bible Art - and Latin and English, too. Below is one of my Greek Bible Art graphics; for the individual Greek, Latin and English versions of the graphic, see the blog post: ἄγγελος γὰρ ἀγαθὸς συμπορεύσεται αὐτῷ - Angelus Dei bonus comitetur ei - For the good angel will keep him company.